Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-

400 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — including want, wanted, vast, vain, wanting, vanity, vacuum, vacation.

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English (163)

Latin (59)

French (37)

Italian (29)

Dutch (19)

Swedish (10)

Galician (10)

Catalan (6)

Danish (5)

Hungarian (5)

Icelandic (4)

Esperanto (4)

Sanskrit (4)

Middle French (3)

Russian (2)

Asturian (2)

Aromanian (2)

Cebuano (2)

Tagalog (2)

Konkani (2)

Spanish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Old French (2)

Old English (2)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Breton (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old Irish (1)

Maltese (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Sicilian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Irish (1)

Bislama (1)

Czech (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Low German (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Gothic (1)

Japanese (1)

Indonesian (1)

Norman (1)

Romanian (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer